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Kerry H. Rutherford

Kerry H. Rutherford, RN, works as a transplant nurse coordinator in a regional kidney program. She organizes clinical workups for prospective living donors and monitors recipient recovery across multiple years of post-surgical follow-up. Before joining the transplant service, Rutherford cared for post-operative patients on an acute surgical floor.

Kidney Sepsis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Options
Kidney Fibrosis: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment Options
Does the Kidney Regenerate After Damage or Disease?
Can You Be Born With Only One Kidney?
Can You Drink Alcohol After a Kidney Transplant?
Low-Dose Aspirin and Kidney Disease: What Are the Risks?
Renal Hypoplasia: Causes, Symptoms, and Long-Term Outlook
What Does It Mean to Have a Lobulated Kidney?
Accessory Renal Artery: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Renal Angiomyolipoma: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
Renal Inflammation: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatments
How Big Should a Kidney Be? Normal Sizes & What They Mean
What Is Kidney Parenchyma and What Does It Do?
Can a Shrunken Kidney Recover Its Size and Function?
What Are Renal Lesions? Causes, Detection, and Management
Autoimmune Kidney Disease: Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment
What Is the Leading Cause of Kidney Failure?
Is Acute Kidney Injury Reversible? What to Know
What Is the Main Cause of Kidney Failure?
How Your Kidneys Work: Blood, Hormones, and Urine
What Is the Structural and Functional Unit of the Kidney?
What Is Chronic Pyelonephritis and How Is It Treated?
Do Your Kidneys Repair Themselves After Damage?
Where Are Most Nephrons Located in the Kidney?
What Does a Horseshoe Kidney Look Like?
Do Kidneys Regenerate Themselves? The Science of Repair
Can Kidneys Repair Themselves After Acute Kidney Failure?
What Is Filtration in the Kidney?
Should I Donate a Kidney? What to Consider
ADPKD: Your Kidneys, Cysts, Symptoms, and Treatment